Thank you Nigel, I hope you had a lovely Christmas x

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Hi Laura, thanks for reading and commenting on Love Song, very flattered that you liked it x

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Hi Martin, thanks so much for commenting on Love Song, very pleased that you liked it x

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Thank you Steve, 'everyone' refers to Scrooge in derogatory terms - the man became THE most generous and warm person in town!
;-)

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Thanks Martin

As I got to near the end of the poem there were shouts of girls only then Nigel - - - that's when big William joined in all the fun.

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Happy jingle berry
Merry cherry
X-mas mistle
Holly jolly time
Tinkle tinkle
Snowflake sprinkle
Yuletide drinkle -tommy

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Harry I'm always grateful for your time in commenting. Have a merry and peaceful Christmas yourself and I look forward to "speaking" again in the New Year!

Graham

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Dorinda

You know me - always thinking too big!

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.. " hello Tommy ... the joke beside the photo was that the girls names would be in Russian, but all attempts at copy/paste wouldn't print the letters .. just tried again - had to delete and re-do .. !! "

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I am sorry, John, but I have to correct you! - I began my working life as a humble junior, not rising to the dizzy heights of a secretarial role until some years later! - perhaps you mis-heard me - and yes, my memory serves me well! (well it does for long time ago, but not always for what happened last week!)
Have a lovely Christmas, one and all!
Love and blessings...Dorinda x

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I grew up in the United Church of Canada, a merger of the Protestant Presbyterian and Methodist disciplines, presumably a valiant effort to offset the intense and often vitriolic bickering between the two denominations. The UCC allowed, even encouraged, unbiassed Biblical scholarship among the laity as well as clergy. At eighteen I seriously considered the ministry as my 'calling'. But I soon discovered that very few people really 'wanted to think'; most wished only 'to be told what to think.' And that squashed any desire to become a 'preacher girl'.

I stayed deeply connected to the Church for many years, studying and singing. I began to sing in a choir at age six, and continued both in church and concert hall until quite recently. The musical heritage of the Christian Faith is simply beautiful, in every genre, historically, and perhaps most especially at Christmas.

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Thanks, Daniel. (not sure why I only just found your comment, but I'm glad you liked the poem). All the best for the festive season!

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Garden! Let's indoors and partake in a hot cuppa. :-)

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Title:STAND FOR YOURSELF OR BECOME UNEMPLOYED TILL DEATH People defile you. They say you are of no use They never stop vilfying you. They say you are much me a burden. You do good, They never appreciate. You do good , They take you as a fool. You try not to be a burden They harden it. Are they vacuous? I fondly ask, hell no!the answer came to my mind. Only the power of greed rule their life. Their gratuity don't allow them to share with you.oh...no...not only because they want more. But because they see potential, They see much of a success in you. And seeing your success -will remind them of their laziness. Stand for yourself because they are not happy for your success written by:jan lehutjo date of birth:1998-04-19

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Cheers Martin re 'Radstock road', spot on. Tommy

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...are you asking me to dance Cynthia? :-)

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Got it in one Harry- hidden something has been found you rascal ;-) Tommy

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If I can make it, we will be.

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Thanks John enjoyed last night

I think he was gathering information to use for his speech!

If you can make it Wednesday are we doing the play?

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Tommy,

You are a man of many facets, sharply cut, like a fine diamond. Greetings of the Winter Solstice - the blessed promise of renewed warmth and light - to you and yours. Be safe. Be happy.

Cynthia

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Harry no need to laff, more read and ponder what you write, more's the like. Tommy

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thanks so much for your kind comments on 'Herod' Stu - sorry it's taken a while for me to respond - I've been in Austria on holiday - just got back. I know what you mean about Haiku's - I think folk try them because they are 'just 3 lines', but they're bloody difficult to do properly - I write a few, and publish fewer - they either work ands every word counts - or they don't and are banished to haiku hell ;-)
Ian

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thanks so much for your kind comments on 'Herod' Harry - sorry it's taken a while for me to respond - I've been in Austria on holiday - just got back.
Ian

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thanks so much for your kind comments on 'Herod' Jackie - sorry it's taken a while for me to respond - I've been in Austria on holiday - just got back.
Ian

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Hi Rob! Thanks so much for being in touch. I really enjoyed listening to you read on Wednesday, and I am looking forward to reading your story in full, from this simply amazing book. I do hope to see you again soon, and perhaps the rest of your family too-- would love to hear your poetry now, so please keep me informed! Suzanne XX

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Cynthia, thank you for your comment and suggestion on Some Nights. You are always so kind and helpful. I truly appreciate it. I hope you have a Christmas season filled with love, laughter, and so many smiles :)

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Hi Stu, thanks for commenting on Shining - bit of a rant without too much art to it, I think, but I do appreciate you taking the time :)

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Hi Cynthia, Thanks for your comment on Anticlimax. I'm always so pleased that you've bothered to read my stuff, so I don't think you're comment is dopey, and am just glad you enjoyed it.

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It was good meeting you in St Fagans with David! What a day of readings and listening! I loved taking part in A Fall into Grace and there's talk of a continuation by some people and others who were not apart but attending!

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Memories never fade, they just take a bit longer to be remembered... : )

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Hi Cynthia, your observations are bang on, as usual. This is a poem I wrote 20 years ago and found in a notebook on the weekend. A very different Katy back then....

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Thank you Mikhail, Cody and Cynthia! I know I was gutted that I missed the Christmas open mic! I was on my way back home Leeds that night. I'll be there in January, I'll have to introduce myself to this mysterious 'somebody Curless!!'

Have a good Christmas too :)

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I just laughed at your "as vacant as a hotel in Leigh" , and you appeared on-line ( spooky! ) .. nevertheless you've written on a serious and troubling subject for many people .. excellent.

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We missed you last Thursday Eva - and you missed a good one! We even had a newbie called somebody Curless... I thought you were related but he assured me you weren't.

Have a good Christmas anyway. xx

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http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=53009

As requested for you m8.

Speak soon.

Enjoy christmas (:

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Thank you Erin for your response to "Strangers' meeting." Tommy :-)

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Loved the twelve nights after Christmas

all the best mate for the new year

thinking of enrolling at Cambridge

but only to enter the free competition

on my first day I must find out

what rooms will be free for the photo shoot!

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Merry Christmas everyone and all the best for 2016
really enjoyed the last meet up for this year and now to work on a poem for January - - - or perhaps I won't be there to read it - - - with the theme being the end of the world!

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Hi JJ, many thanks for your comment on my poem Friends. Loved it!

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Hi MC, thank you for your lengthy comment on my poem Friends.

Anita Connor

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nice one

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Thanks for commenting on "my son,my love".
It's well appreciated:)

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Hi Harry thank you for your comment on Blessed are we I had no idea what a quadrain was until ten mins ago and I admit it would have been a far better presentation and I have taken your advice on board. have a nice day.

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Thank you Cynthia for your kind words. You pay me a real compliment. I think by 'traveller' I mean both that I don't know where home is, in a real as well as in an existential sense, and that I keep searching, and that I do so alongside other people, other travellers. Which, as you say, sometimes resolves itself in really travelling the world...

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Hiya Anita, Ive walked down memory lane a thousand fold and never tire, thank you for your comment and have a nice day.

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Thank you for the comment Stu

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Hiya J.J. Thank you for your comment always nice to hear pleasant remarks. have a nice day.

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hiya M.C. Nice to here from you again and glad you enjoyed my piece ,I will endevour to keep you amused. have a nice day.

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Aching indeed....

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Hi OLM

I love your reminiscences, being an old Lancashire chap myself, though from Oldham. I used to teach at Maitland Street, of Skeffington Road, near you, in the 1970s. keep up the good work please! Have you recorded any of these on audio? If not, please do.

Cheers.

Julian

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